He asked me that where I was going.
Identifying Grammatical Errors in Reported Speech
This question asks to identify a grammatical or structural error in the sentence: "He asked me that where I was going." We need to examine the structure of reported questions.
Understanding Indirect Questions
When we report a question someone asked, we are converting direct speech into indirect (or reported) speech. There are specific rules for this conversion, especially concerning the introductory verb (like 'asked') and the structure of the reported question itself.
- When the original question starts with a question word (like where, what, when, who, why, how), we use that same question word to introduce the reported clause.
- We do not use 'that' before the question word in reported questions. The conjunction 'that' is typically used to introduce reported statements, not questions.
- The word order in the reported question changes from interrogative (verb before subject) to declarative (subject before verb).
Analyzing the Sentence Structure
Let's break down the given sentence: "He asked me that where I was going."
- "He asked me": This part is correct and sets up the indirect question.
- "that where I was going": This is the reported clause.
According to the rules of reported speech:
- The question word is 'where'.
- The conjunction 'that' is unnecessarily included before 'where'.
- The word order 'I was going' is correct for an indirect question (subject 'I' before the verb phrase 'was going').
The phrase "that where" creates a structural error. The word 'that' should be omitted.
Correcting the Error
The correct way to structure this reported question is:
He asked me where I was going.
Identifying the Erroneous Part
Comparing the options with our analysis:
- Option 1: \(I was going\) - This part is grammatically correct.
- Option 2: \(He asked me\) - This part is grammatically correct.
- Option 3: \(No error\) - This is incorrect because there is an error.
- Option 4: \(that where\) - This phrase contains the identified grammatical error. The inclusion of 'that' before the question word 'where' is incorrect in reported questions.
Therefore, the part containing the grammatical or structural error is "that where".
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Important Questions from Error Spotting
The following question has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
It is identification with the audience(a)that makes one come home from the play so much more(b)satisfied than one ever is after merely passive enjoyment of the show.(c) No error.(d)
The following question has a sentence with four parts labelled (a), (b), (c), and (d). Read each sentence to find out whether there is an error in any part and indicate your response against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
CV Raman was one of the greatest sons of India (a) who has earned everlasting fame (b) for scientific researches. (c) No error. (d)
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This box(a)is heavy than(b) the other one.(c) No error. (d)
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No one knows (a) why he did it, (b) or who was behind his doing it.(c) No error. (d)
